Farewell to Direct X ?

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Let's have a coffee break, kahit ang orderin ay C2 Ice Tea and pancake), here are some info for your additional knowledge regarding Xbox 360s.

Ever wondered why games consoles look and perform better when they actually have less juice?



The Xbox 360's Xenos GPU has a less then a tenth of the processing power of a top-end PC GPU, so why don't PC games look ten times better?

'"It's funny,'" says AMD's worldwide developer relations manager of its GPU division, Richard Huddy. "We often have at least ten times as much horsepower as an Xbox 360 or a PS3 in a high-end graphics card, yet it's very clear that the games don't look ten times as good. To a significant extent, that's because, one way or another, for good reasons and bad - mostly good, DirectX is getting in the way." Huddy says that one of the most common requests he gets from game developers is: "Make the API go away."

"Wrapping it up in a software layer gives you safety and security," says Huddy, "but it unfortunately tends to rob you of quite a lot of the performance, and most importantly it robs you of the opportunity to innovate."

Full article at Bit-Tech <click here for link>

Gorilla Glass : Finding Out The Dangerous Way

“Ainol Novo: Ainol Novo 7 Flame use Chimei Innolux IPS screen gorilla glass with 1280*800 resolution, better than LG IPS Screen.”

I don’t know how we would find out if our Fire has gorilla glass. But, I just experienced dropping my Fire about 2 feet high into a tiled and cemented floor. It dropped face down. I had to say a little prayer before finally picking it up.

But alas! the screen is still intact, no damage at all, and the device is still functioning normally.

Sorry, but I don’t have enough courage to poke the screen with some keys or pound it with a hammer. hehe

I guess that’s confirmation enough that our Ainol Fire and Flame uses gorilla glass!!!

Raspberry Pi Customized Case

Check out this cool customized case for the Raspberry Pi. It’s available on a per order basis from TipidPC senior member Cham E Lyon, TipidPC’s senior master modder.

When it comes to craftmanship, you can always rely on the superior quality that our master modder gives to his work. Every creation guarantees satisfaction, or your money back!



This was created for member k_dash and he proudly says ” Just received the item! My crappy cellphone cam does not give justice to the awesome craftsmanship, but nonetheless, here’s a couple of pics:

The case is made up of thick acrylic and has enough vents for maximum ventilation for your RasPi. It even has the Raspi logo on top. Simply marvelous case design by a master modder with years of mastery and experience. That’s Cham E Lyon!

” I can’t wait to get home tonight, hehe” says k_dash

This is also available in clear type version for those who really want to see the beauty of the RasPi even from inside the case. TPC member maxhedrum writes  ” My new raspi casing courtesy of Sir Cham. Thanks!”

 

 Amazing craftsmanship, clear-cut design with no rough edges. Very neat and accurate positioning of holes and vents.

 

User reviews:

Users were comparing this Php 400 peso case with the Element14 case cold online and they have positive things to say about the Cham R Lyon case. TipidPC member pornraider shares:

“Mas ok tong case ni sir cham. mas makapal arcylic at mas madami vents. bulky nga lang. yung tinda ni element 14, matibay sya actually. di sya stackable pero meron rubber feet kaya di gumagalaw galaw sa ibabaw ng router ko. sa palagay ko sufficient na yung vents nya for my needs (torrent box with minimal video playback/streaming).

Siguro sa mga mas heavy users ideal tong case ni sir cham. Pricewise? p400 against p700… no brainer, get sir Cham’s case.

Money’s not an object? get element 14′s case (less prone to dust accumulation), laser cut as many holes,vents as you want…”